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At Il eleek Yests9aay D0rniag tns sfia-
OF 54mael Gag. ior dlsessisfiy ccacees. ~as
resumed 10 faiies Court and 0sorge v
Thompson. attorney fos Ar Cay, as2sd
that tAs iEiAl be poslpo0sd aatil tas arEis@i
q J. c FiEzl5sr4ld who aat essa rstaiaed-
J..dzs Hslsass -~Wuh NJ Ihompso1.
J1lss Parrish zn8 ~. ciay himself tof Las
dslscse, 4 seems - ns tas1e : 10 necessity
Tor further delay
M Cay-.Itis az earnest desire taat
the delay be granted TnLs . case inAl =
Of great Importance - me. znd Upon TIE
result Of tbe lriAl Ia tbs court much de-
psnds. 1 .ant Ar. kitzGsrsld here before
this goes on.
Of1cer Wiley testified that MS beat vas
on Aonroe-st.. that be saw Mrs. Clay on
the night ia question and spoke 10 Der sises
she hai spoken 70 nim. Af LAY o. $50 g
- h4viak Il stated what she sxaa saa Ms
oolscli0a ~ss sustained. Tue officsr w@s
thsa d.smissed.
The court aij01rnsd without further tss-
i tiul0ny until o'clock p. nl-, when Al Was
ia readiness and The trial proceedsd-
/ A. II. Williams Was the first witness
/ caiied Dy the prosecution. His teseGSny
was simply 20 the effect that be 50 y deisnd-
ans Clsg be did not know him them, on
the night Of The 18th inst. sitting Ia tae
stairway lsa1inz 20 Mrs. Gays once.
tseo F. SEYMOUR les.lned. Was on my
way home. saa a man and woman IN
/ hallway OF the iedyagd block. they had
hold OF each other could not tell which ons
had The hold the policeman came up Al
The ssms time did and arrested the man.
That = ali"
| r. q. Wlliham was called and testified
tna- At eight clock Monday evening last
i be saw nan and woman IN the hallway
/ Of the Leiyari block. The man and wo-
maa were scrliiiag and the man whom ne
aiisr~ ards found 10 be the de!e1dantl was
insisting that the woman should 20 10
/ room With him or submit 10 him. RE ran
| 10 Monroe-st. TO tell a polio. man ana im
mediately returned. The woman was still
| trying 20 get away from the man and be
| (Wilhhaml stepped between them The
| woman then went on toward Pearl-st- and
| the man called out 20 her
At this point the defense having objected
! all tue way through 10 the testimony, the
| witness wss stopped and after some ergu-
! men: tue testimony was thrown out on the
point being taken that the occurrence was
not the one for which complaint had been
made.
Mrs. Clay being again called to the stand
! testified: II came toward my office, went
! past and think passed three times. Came
| again. he asked what | was talking with
that man for. Do you want your snawl|
He caught me by The wrists and foTc'oiy
pushed me back You eau see the marks
on my wrists yet" The witness pulled
down the wrist Of her gloves, Il attempted
TO get away from him: ne pushed me back
against the wall. Then the policeman
came and said: What's this2' 1 said: i
have been trying to get to my Office since
o'clock; | wish you would take MIN
away. This is as near as can remember
Mrs. Clay became quite excited durlng the
recital OF the above. Her eyes snapped and
she no longer seemed as timid ana retired
"a when she hrst took the stand.
The defense now took the witness with
M. Clay cross-exaning:
..Dd YOU say YOU walked leisurely by
your Office two or three times and saw me
standing tnereY'
The lsdy went into details and told how
she vsnt by, then came onto Monroe-st.,
then back past the Office again, then back
| onto Pearl-st and back to the office when
the trouble occurred
Did not ask you to go up stairs and see
nv daughter about it," asked Mr. Clay.
mo"
"Did I not ask you to go upstairs and
! tA4k OFol A-C-
No"
what were your feelings toward me
after you first knew me up 20 the time OF
our marriage
Objected TO by the prosecution because
the question did not relate 10 the case.
Mr. Fitzgerald arose. and with a smile in
the corner of his eye. wanted to know why
. she should not answer. She has shown
| hard feelings against the defendant in her
testimony, and why should she not teli2'
Judge Parish then took the floor and
shOwered his elOquence on JUICE Holmes
something thusly:
I'VE propose 20 sift this matter to the
, bottom. Mr.. Clay has been shadowed by
, three And then he wen, on 70 tell how
Clay had been watched oy detectives and
: that the whole matter was put up JOB TO
. get Mr.. Clay into trouble. He also told how
the defendant had been abused.
I'll Mr. Cay said. Il have suit sgeinst Mr..
Putnam. her brother-in-isw for f50O0'
damages for breaking up my family. III
don't show by her that Putnam is the
cause of our trouble | will plead
Mr.. Fitzgerald then arose with small
| tear in bis eve and said Mr.. Clay has
Z more at stake in this case than be will ever
! have ia another. Can he not show that be
: ] is being watched bv detectives" The OBJ
{ | lection was sustained
. Mr.. Clay resuming the cross-questionine:
: "Did you not have consultation with Mr.
Putnam in the past two years concerning
!, my arrest
No
. did you not employ Patman and did ne
not furnish you with passage TO Europe
"No.'
, Did you rot register on the boat as Miss
T Frances RGtberford2 ?"
+ NO. I registered as DR.. F. Rutherford
Ciav.
I "Did.not Mr.. Patnsm get your passage on
, / the beat
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Here Mrs. Clay proceeded % tell thas
! some time in year ago last December Dr
/ CbittocS. OF Jackson. called ct her Office
3 beng introduced By Mr.. shepard and stated
: that ne had matters 0f interest 70 her con
cerniag letters 70 bis wife from ar. Clay.
Defense objected and witness was not al
: loved 80 finish story.
! She wEs questioned concerning the EN-
: ploying OF detecfivss and stated that Mr
; EExlsston was IN her employ bus shs
did not know If Mr. III ever paid him any
] thing.
I was ne employed ss witness'
, Yes
! 10 son know Or. De Camp
3 II have seen him
: "pi5 vou not state to him on or s5out tbs